§ MAJOR ANSTRUTHER GRAYI beg to ask the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs whether he has received any official information with regard to the alleged kidnapping of a British subject, Mr. Robert Abbot, from his father's garden, in the immediate vicinity of the British Consulate at Salonika on Thursday the 21st instant, and, if so, whether he intends to take any action in the matter.
§ SIR EDWARD GREYA telegram has been received from His Majesty's Ambassador at Constantinople on the subject, and the necessary steps are being taken by the Grand Vizier and the local authorities at Salonika in concert with His Majesty's Consul-General.